Luca Falavigna escreveu isso aí: > Il 14/09/2011 22:48, Cédric Boutillier ha scritto: > > The license has two paragraphs, and authorizes distribution in one of > > the two following cases: > > > > *either: you are not allowed to modify and keep the same license and > > copyright assignment (that is the clause you mention) > > > > *or: you can modify, edit, alter, but in that case, provided you do not > > mention it comes from the initial file. > > Let's quote the important bits here: > > ======================================================================== > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a > copy of this documentation file, to create their own derivative works > from the content of this document to use, copy, publish, distribute, > sublicense, and/or sell the derivative works, and to permit others to do > the same, provided that the derived work is not represented as being a > copy or version of this document. > ======================================================================== > > The last sentence states you can create your derivative work provided > it's a derivative work, and it doesn't have to be a copy of the original > work. Beside the fact this is a bad written clause, problem still stands > because this file seems a verbatim copy of the original work, thus > falling into first paragraph.
Bad wording, indeed. But it can still be modifed if needed, provided that who modifies it does the modifications in a way that complies with the license. In the same way that if you modify GPL-licensed source your modified version must "carry prominent notices stating that you modified it, and giving a relevant date", if you modify these sources you have to do this and that - but for now, we did not modify it. > Is this file really required, or can it be safely removed? If not, I'm > not sure how to proceed, perhaps asking upstream to remove license > notice would fit the clauses listed in the second paragraph. It is required to the operation of the library. -- Antonio Terceiro <[email protected]>
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